Do polyamorous relationships even have a shot at being successful Do the relationship partners get jealous?

I’m not going to attack the questioner directly.

However, I am going to attack the tenor of these types of questions regarding polyamory.

Do polyamorous relationships even have a shot at being successful?

Are people who are in open relationships afraid of commitment?

Why do I have to accept polyamory?

It’s like some monogamous people can’t wrap their head around the fact that non-monogamy can be ethical, considerate, good, and healthy. To those insecure individuals, non-monogamy is and always will be cheating, deception, cruelty, and abuse.

No one’s forcing anyone to be poly. Poly people get to determine their own forms of commitment. Success for ethical poly people is pretty much the same as it is for ethical monogamous ones: showing consideration, expressing love, comforting those you care for, and solving problems without attacking people.

Poly people strive for compersion: joy in a loved one’s happiness with others. It’s a beautiful idea, even without a romantic or erotic component.